Digitization Basics for Museums

This presentation discusses The Portal to Texas History and illustrates what types of items are in the collection and the resources available to museums, educators, and partners. It also discusses the future goals of The Portal to Texas History.
Date: April 5, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reference Beyond the Desk: Nontraditional Modes of Reference

This presentation discusses virtual reference services in libraries. The topics include virtual reference systems, with examples of what other institutions have adopted, collaborative virtual reference services with examples, and how reference librarians away from their desk and even off campus have developed new referencing services.
Date: April 15, 2011
Creator: Thomsett-Scott, Beth
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archiving Web-published Materials (open access)

Archiving Web-published Materials

Handout accompanying a presentation for the 2007 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference on the Web-at-Risk project and the Web Archiving Service (WAS).
Date: April 13, 2007
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Digitizing Historical Publications: Enhancing the Official Electronic Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (open access)

Digitizing Historical Publications: Enhancing the Official Electronic Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

This report discusses a project for digitizing historical publications and making them available online. The authors' goal will be to develop a process that balances level of access with the cost of digitizing and making the data available on the Internet.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
End User Interviews: Summary Report (open access)

End User Interviews: Summary Report

This report summarizes the results of the interviews with end users for the Web-at-Risk project. The Web-at-Risk project is one of eight digital preservation projects funded in 2004 by the Library of Congress. The project is a 3-year collaborative effort of the California Digital Library (CDL), the University of North Texas (UNT), and New York University (NYU). The project will develop a Web Archiving Service that enables curators to build, store, and manage collections of web-published materials.
Date: April 17, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enemies of History: Murderers of the Past

This presentation is about a workshop for high school students. The workshop focused on preservation and how it relates to the study of history.
Date: April 16, 2008
Creator: Downey, Annie; May, Frances A.; Mears, Michelle M. & Smith, Jon
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Unauthorized Immigration

This poster introduces the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Unauthorized Immigration. This series features Dr. Valerie Martinez-Ebers, professor of political science, Dr. David Molina, professor of economics and interim director of UNT's Immigrant Research and Policy Center, Dr. Mariela Nuñez-Janes, professor of anthropology, Shaun Chapa, a graduate student in the anthropology department.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Mondragon-Becker, Antonio
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Content Provider Interviews: Summary Report (open access)

Content Provider Interviews: Summary Report

This report is part of the Web-at-Risk project. This report summarizes the results of the interviews with content providers. Section 2 identifies the interview methodology. Section 3 describes the results and Section 4 discusses the major findings.
Date: April 10, 2006
Creator: Murray, Kathleen R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Open Letter to the UNT Community: Planning for FY13 Library Budget Reductions - April 11, 2013 (open access)

Open Letter to the UNT Community: Planning for FY13 Library Budget Reductions - April 11, 2013

Letter to the University of North Texas (UNT) community from the Dean of the UNT Libraries, Dr. Martin Halbert. This letter discusses planning for the 2013 fiscal year library budget reductions.
Date: April 11, 2013
Creator: Halbert, Martin
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Quality Customer Service on a Budget

Presentation on offering quality customer service on a budget. The author explains how the UNT Libraries improved workflows and services offered while cutting expenditures.
Date: April 24, 2013
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal (open access)

The Issues of Compliance and Interoperability in Integrating Heterogeneous Digital Resources: Lessons from the Texas History Portal

Paper for the 2005 IS&T Archiving Conference. This article discusses the issues of compliance and interoperability in integrating heterogeneous digital resources and lessons from the Texas History Portal.
Date: April 2005
Creator: Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw; Hartman, Cathy Nelson & Phillips, Mark Edward
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Merging Departments, Service Desks and Staff: Managing Change While Improving Customer Service and Staff Morale

Presentation for the 2014 Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference. This presentation discusses merging departments, service desks and staff and managing change while improving customer service and staff morale.
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Venner, Mary Ann & Johnston, Pamela
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

TALL Texans 2013 Workplace Leadership Development Project

Presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference on TALL Texans 2013 and the workplace leadership development project.
Date: April 9, 2014
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Measuring Value and Impact: A Study of the UNT Digital Library Collections

Presentation for the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL) discussing value and impact and a study of the UNT Digital Library collections.
Date: April 28, 2014
Creator: Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Copyright and Social Media

Presentation for the Oklahoma Library Association on copyright and social media.
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Helge, Kris & McKinnon, Laura F.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Web 2.0 and 3.0: Technology and Legal Pitfalls

Presentation on Web 2.0 and 3.0 and technology and legal pitfalls.
Date: April 8, 2014
Creator: Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Primary Sources to Enrich Class Research

Presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference Government Documents Round Table on using primary sources to enrich class research.
Date: April 11, 2014
Creator: Carlisle, Tara; Leuzinger, Julie & Sears, Suzanne
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Next Generation of Creative Commons Licenses, What's New in CC 4.0

This Tech Talk presentation discusses the next generation of Creative Commons (CC) licenses and what is new in CC 4.0.
Date: April 16, 2014
Creator: Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Creative Commons Licenses: Benefits, Pitfalls, and Use

Presentation for the Oklahoma Library Association on the benefits, pitfalls, and use of Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
Date: April 2, 2014
Creator: Helge, Kris
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Copyright and Creative Commons (CC) Licenses

Presentation for the 2015 Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses copyright and creative commons (CC) licenses.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: McKinnon, Laura F. & Waugh, Laura
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Serenity Now! Overcoming the Fear of Negative Evaluation

Poster presentation for the Texas Library Association Annual Conference. This poster discusses overcoming the fear of negative evaluation.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Leuzinger, Julie; Crawford, Laurel & Brannon, Sian
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Assessment of Cataloging Services in an Academic Library

Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses the results of a survey that was administered from October 27 through November 17, 2014. The survey assessed how Public Services employees rate the importance of Cataloging and Metadata Services activities, and how satisfied Public Services employees are with Cataloging and Metadata Services activities.
Date: April 15, 2015
Creator: Sassen, Catherine; Loafman, Kathryn & Welch, Rebecca
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner

Presentation for the 2015 Texas Library Association (TLA) Annual Conference. This presentation discusses transforming an academic library from a traditional service model to a community partner.
Date: April 16, 2015
Creator: Sears, Suzanne; Leuzinger, Julie; Rowe, Jennifer; Sittel, Robbie & Burns, Douglas
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Altmetrics: New Ways of Measuring Research Impact

Presentation for a workshop on altmetrics and new ways of measuring research impact. The workshop shows how the behavior of scholars is changing and how these changes are being monitored to show research impact in new ways.
Date: April 21, 2014
Creator: Avery, Elizabeth Fuseler & Harker, Karen
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library